Nigeria Police Act 2020

Section 57 - Search record

(1) A search record shall be prepared in the prescribed Form to be known as a National Search Record Form.

(2) The following information must always be included in the National Search Record Form:

(a) the name of the person searched or if, he withholds it, description of the person;

(b) the date of birth of the person searched;

(c) a note of the person's ethnic origin;

(d) when a vehicle is searched, a description of the vehicle, including the registration number;

(e) the object of the search;

(f) the ground for making the search;

(g) the date and time the search was made;

(h) the place where the search was made;

(i) the result of the search;

(j) a note of any injury or damage to property resulting from the search; and

(k) the identity of the officer making the search.

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